Churn-power



(No Model.)

F. P. WILLIAMS.

GHURN POWER.

No.308','722. Patented Deo. 2, 1884..

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FREDRICK FITZ WILLIAMS, OF SALADO, TEXAS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 308,722, dated December 2, 1884.

Application filed September 11, 1884. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDRICK F. WILL- IAMs, of Salado, in the county of Bell and btate of Texas, have invented a new and Improved Churn-Power, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved churn-power worked by the weight of the churn, the cream, and the churn-power.

The invention consists inthe combination, with a vertically-movable carriage provided with a drum, of a rope wound on the same and having its upper end secured, from which drum a wheel on the carriage is operated by suitable gearing, the said wheel being connected with the dasher-staft. When the carriage descends under the action of its own weight and of the weight of the parts on it, the drum is revolved and the dasher rod or staff operated.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specication, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure l is a perspective View of my improved churn-power, parts being broken out. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the same.

A bracket-plate, A, projects from an upright, B, from which curved braces or supports C extend down to the plate A.

In the braces, supports, or side pieces, C, a drum, D, isjournaled, on which a rope, E, is wound, which passes through a staple, F, oii the upright B and is secured to the wall near the ceiling, or a greater or less distance from the loor and between two upright guides or track-bars, G, between which the upright B is adapted to slide. The drumD is provided at one end with a squared spindle for receiving'a key, H, and on the shaft of the drum a cog-wheel, J, is loosely mounted, which can be revolved from the drum by means of a ratchet and pawl. By means of suitable intermediate gearing the power is transmitted from the wheel J to a wheel, K, provided with a series of apertures, a, in one of which a hook or pin on the upper end of the dasher rod or staff Lis passed, or the dasher can be connected with the -said wheel K, or a crank-shaft provided in place ofthe same by any other suitable device. The cream-receptacle M, in which the dasher works, is held on the bracket-plate A, and is held in place by an upright frame, N, on the said plate.

The operation is as follows: By revolving the drum D the rope Eis wound on it, and the carriage, formed of the plate A, the upright B, and the side pieces, C, is raised with the machinery, churn, Src., on it. As theapparatus descends the wheel J is revolved by the drum, and by means of the intermediate gearing revolves the wheel K, thus reciprocating the dasher staff or rod L. rIhe gearing is so arranged that the'wheel K is revolved very rapidly for a very slight `descent of the carriage. As the weight of the carriage, the machinery, the churn, and the cream all assist each other in operating the machinery the cream can be churned by a comparatively small vertical movement of the carriage.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. .A churnpower consisting of averticallymovable carriage provided with a drum rou which a rope is wound, having its upper end fixed, and. with a train of gearing for operating a churn-dasher' of a churn on the carriage, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. In a churn-power, the combination, with the vertically-sliding carriage A B C, ofthe drum D, the rope E, wound on the same and having its upper end iXed, the wheel K, having apertures a, a train of gearing for operating the wheel K from the drum, the dasherstaff L, connected with the wheel K, and of the cream-vessel, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. The co1nbination,with the upright guides and the carriage A B C sliding between them, of the drum D, the rope E,wound onthe same and having its upper end fixed, the wheel K, a train of gearing for operatingv it from the drum, the dasher L, and the cream-vessel M, substantially as herein shown and described.

FBEDRICK FITZ WILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

J AMEs M. URBAN, T. H. GRACE. 

